SOLUTION: Kyle has $4 more than twice as much money as lana. lana has x dollars. Kyle does not have enough money to buya video game that cost $56, but he has enough money to buy a textbook t

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Question 1128808: Kyle has $4 more than twice as much money as lana. lana has x dollars. Kyle does not have enough money to buya video game that cost $56, but he has enough money to buy a textbook that cost $38.
A. Write a comound inequality that represents all the possible amounts of money kyle could have in terms of x.
B. What is the least amount of money lana could have?
C. lana has whole numbers of dollars. List the different amounts of money, in dollars, lana could have?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +y+ = amount Kyle has
+y+=+2x+%2B+4+
+y+%3C+56+
+y+%3E=+38+
+38+%3C=+y+%3C+56+
+38+%3C=+2x+%2B+4+%3C+56+
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(A)
+34+%3C=+2x+%3C+52+
+17+%3C=+x+%3C+26+
(B)
The least amount Lana could have is $17
(C)
17, 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25
( she can't have $26 )
check the math